When I was first writing, my little prayers were, 'Please, please, please. Let something be published someday.' Then it went to, 'Please, please, please. Let somebody read this.'
Please, please, please, please, please...,", squeezing his eyes shut because it somehow made the words more pure.
You cannot please everyone, and I think that what's important, ultimately, is to make sure you please yourself. If you start trying to please other people, you'll just go around in circles.
When it comes to art you can't please everybody but if you please yourself then take pleasure in that.
Everybody that listens to something hears it differently from their own perspective. And you can't please everyone. Don't even try. Please yourself first and then try to please those people around you that you feel know what you're doing.
Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?
I try to take it as it comes. I'm constantly trying to please myself. That's why I've basically realised now, that nothing else in the world matters at all, just please yourself and the people you love and that's it.
You can have so many different demands; trying to please the fans, pleasing the manager, please yourself.
You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do, but ultimately, you have to please yourself.
You can't please everyone, nor should you seek to, because then you won't please anyone, least of all yourself.
You can't please everyone. You've got to please yourself, I guess.
I think one thing I've learned over the years is just that you're not going to ever please everyone, and the most important person to please is yourself.
As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and hopefully please yourself - because you can't possibly please everyone.
Being in the spotlight, you're always picked apart. It's not easy. But over time I've realized that you can't please everyone and when you feel overwhelmed, just take a step back. Love yourself first.
You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself.
As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and hopefully please yourself - because you cant possibly please everyone.